CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Vinogradova, Irene |
|---|---|
| Title | The Warlord Factor in Peace Enforcement Operations: in Search of Strategy. Lessons from Somalia |
| Summary | As intended to resolve the most difficult for regulation violent conflicts, peace enforcement operations often deal with warlordism-complicated conflicts. For performing effectively in such conditions, interveners have to manage the warlords through development of appropriate strategy. I argue that for this end the proper analysis of each principal actor’s goals he pursues while spoiling the peace process is needed, as well as assessment of their importance for him to define the extent of his commitment to their achievement. It means that the strategy should consist of different combinations of various tactics (both military and non-military) tailored to a particular warlord. The case-study of two peace enforcement operation in Somalia suggests the following generalization that for short-term success in managing warlords the strategy should contain combination of deterrence tactics, diplomatic efforts to communicate it without conducting actual military actions, and legitimization of some warlords while marginalizing less important, however, for having a longer effect the civil society institutions should be empowered also to create a sort of ‘checks and balances’ system for gradual marginalization of the rest warlords and resurrection of normalcy. |
| Supervisor | Jenne, Erin Kristin |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/vinogradova_irene.pdf |
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